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An Official Weekly Magazine ot the GirLGuides Association 
| aa (Incorporated by Royal Charter). 
T H E President: H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon 


: World Chief Guide: Olave, Lady Baden-Powell, G.B.E. 
H R O Chief Commissioner: Mrs. Owen Walker, J.P. 
| All communications to: THE BROWNIE, 17/19 Buckingham 


Palace Road; London SW1W OPT (01-834 6242). 


Dear Brownies, 


Next Saturday, 23rd April, is St. George's Day 
and we in THE BROWNIE office hope that English 


Brownies everywhere will have a very happy day. If : 
you turn to page 13 you will find poems about THE S RI | 
Dragons and on page 15 a lovely picture for you to 


paint or colour. If your Pack is celebrating St. 
George's Day we would all enjoy hearing exactly 
what you did and how you celebrated. Perhaps your 
Pack can share its ideas with other Brownies? 


One by one the Sprites tip-toed 
passed the pillar box and read the 
Yours sincerely, | notice. They then stationed them- 
selves further up the lane and 
eh ae had offered to take people’s letters to the 

High Street for them. 


EDITOR: Jean Rush 
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Pam Slattery 
ADVERTISEMENT MANAGER: Ann Martin 


‘One for sorrow, two 
for joy" Have you ever 
said the rhyme when 
Magpies fly over- 


head? 
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feeds on the 
ground, and will come 
into gardens. Does he 
walk or hop? What 
does he eat? 


large and hand- 

some, with a long 
tail, and white 
patches on his 
wings. 


The nest is usually high 
in a tree. It can always 
be recognised,  be- 
cause it has a roof over 
the top. 


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Magpies are 


| Magpies 


are very very noisy. 

fond of You can make NN 
Young Magpies look | bright the same : 
very like their parents, | things, and sound if you Arce ide beauti- 
but for the first year will carry turn a| ful blues and greens in 
they have a much | them off to wooden foot-| them. How many can 


shorter tail. their nests. ball rattle!| you find? 


by Christine Bednell 
Bero p drawings by Jennetta Vise 
that the Pack had done. If you try this out, I | 


am sure that the result will really surprise | 
you. | | 


] I talking to some Brownies the other 

| day who were telling me ofthe Good Turns 

| that they had been doing. They found it 

| exciting to look out for a chance to help. I 
hope that you, too, try hard every day to do 
a Good Turn. Just imagine how many 

| Good Turns are done each day by all the 

| Brownies and Guides, not forgetting the 
Cubs and Scouts! 

During the next week, try to do a Good 
| Turn to a different person each day of the 
| week. Makea little booklet by joining some 

sheets of paper together and keep a record, 
by writing or drawing, of your Good Turns (; 
in this book. If everyone in your Pack had a 4 
book you could add up all the Good Turns 


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Working | 
UpAn 
Appetite 


by Sue Stevens 


his pm-nub ae ou, ik shot hoe ary of mint nhen hin on gone! 


dus English song has an 
American flavour, because 
peanuts certainly don't 
come from England! Any- 
way, this song is great fun 


to sing, and you add all 
kinds of things to the list, 
like baked beans or pork 


chops, singing the bit 


between the double dots on 
the stave over and over 


again as your list gets 
longer. The song is as long - 
as you like to make it, and- 
you will probably work up 
an appetite while you are 
singing it! d 


Brownie Highway | 
Making Musical 
Instruments 


by 
m E | Joy 
Did you recognise all the musicalinstrumentsinthe Baines 
last Highway article? 
When you play them all together, and keep the 
rhythm, they make a lovely sound. You can make a 
set of musical instruments for next to nothing and 
nearly all of them are very easy to do. 


To make the drum you will need a round box or 
tin, and strong paper. From the paper cut two 

Here are some ideas for you to try either at home circles which should be larger than the top and 
Or during your Pack meeting! Maracas are easy to bottom of your box or tin. Punch holes around the 
make from two Yoghurt cartons. Just fill them with edge of both circles. Place them at each end of the 
dried peas and glue the cartons together with the tin. Lace string through the holes (see diagram, and 
rims touching. If you cover the cartons with paper Pull the string very tightly. Your drum is now ready 
and add a design with your paints the maracas will to play. 
look very attractive. 


Jingle sticks sound very effective. To make these 
you need dowel rods, bottle tops and nails. Use the i 
nails to fasten the bottle tops loosely to the rod so drawings by 
they will jingle. (Hammering nails can be a little Jennetta Vise 
difficult, so perhaps an adult could help you do 


this). A Shaker can be made from a washing-up liquid 


plastic bottle. You can fill this with any of the 
following: dried peas, rice, tapioca, marbles, 
pebbles or sand. What you fill it with will depend on 
what kind of sound you need. Experiment with 
some of these and listen to how different they sound. 


Two pieces of dowel rod or broom handle can 
also make music when banged together. Different 
kinds of wood produces a variety of sounds. 


Once you have made your instruments your Pack can practice rhythms and make music together. 
Why not try them alongside recorders and melodicas? Remember PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. 

The ideas on this page are only a few of the many musical instruments you could make. Make a list 
of those you could add and experiment making different sounds. 


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Creatures 


Great and 
Small 


by Janet Smith 


M any years ago much of Britain was farmland or 
open countryside. When great-great Grandma was 
a girl she probably only had to walk a short distance 
from her back door to see all sorts of wild animals. 
Today we are not so lucky. 

. The towns have grown bigger and bigger. Land 
which was once the home of foxes and rabbits and 
badgers has been used for building houses and fac- 
tories. All the same, if we keep our eyes open when 
we are out for a walk, or on holiday in the country, 
or perhaps visiting a wild life park, it's surprising 
how many wild creatures can be seen. Here are justa 
few of them. 


TWO CREATURES OF THE NIGHT. 

THE FOX is well known for his habit of stealing 
into farmyards and making off with the farmer's 
chickens. His long pointed muzzle and pricked up 
ears give him his famous look of craftiness and cun- 
ning. He spends the day resting in an 'earth' and 
comes out at night to hunt for rats, rabbits and 
voles, as.well, of course, for the occasional tasty hen. 


THE BADGER makes himself an underground 
home called a ‘set’ which has several passages and 
chambers as well as a back door and a front door. 
He likes to keep his house tidy and at the beginning 
of the year he cleans it out and brings in fresh bed- 
ding. He eats beetles, worms, roots and acorns. 


TWO ANIMALS OF THE RIVER BANK. 
THE WATER VOLE is sometimes called the water 
rat. He eats river-side plants and is a skilful swim- 
mer and diver. If you hear a loud plopping noise 
when you're walking along the river bank, this 
probably means that a water vole has heard you 
coming and dived into the river. 


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THE OTTER is a wonderful swimmer. His feet are 
webbed and he can close his ears underwater. 
During the day he rests among the reeds or in his 
‘holt? — a hole in the river bank. He comes out in the 
evening to hunt for food such as frogs and fish. If 
you are very lucky you may see him playing on a 
river bànk or slithering down a muddy slope into the 
water. 


TWO SMALL RODENTS. 

THE HARVEST MOUSE is now quite rare. His 
fur is yellowish red on top and white underneath. 
His tail is ‘prehensile’ which means that he can use it 
like an extra hand to help him to climb. The young 
harvest mice are born in a dainty round nest hung 
between the stems of tall plants. 


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THE SHORT TAILED VOLE is sometimes called 


the field mouse. He can be found in gardens and 
orchards as well as fields and meadows. But I'm 
sorry to say that he is no friend of the farmer or 
gardener because he does a great deal of damage by 
nibbling at crops. He makes himself an ùnder- 
ground burrow where he stores up food for the 
winter. 


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TWO, FIERCE HUNTERS. group of rabbits gaze spell-bound, until the weasel 
| ‘comes within reach. Then — snap — he seizes the 
nearest unfortunate rabbit in his jaws. 


THE TRUE WILD CAT lives in the Highlands of 
Scotland. He looks like a large tabby cat with a long 
black tip to his tail. By day, he hides away among 
the rocks but at night he comes out to hunt, shatter- 
ing the peace of the glens with his unearthy cries. 
Even small kittens will bite and scratch fiercely. 


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THE WEASEL looks very like the stoat, but the 
weasel is smaller and has a black tip to his tail. He is 
said to catch „his prey by a strange method called 
‘charming’ He rolls and leaps playfully while a 


|. Make the sails from a 20cm square of 2. Bring the four corners marked X to the 
paper. Draw diagonal lines and cut centre of the square then pusha long pin 


10cm up each one. through. Snip off the tips of the sails. 


3. Fill a plastic container with sand and 4. Place your windmill outside when a 
glue a cork to it. Thread.beads or but- breeze is blowing and watch the sails 
tons onthe pin and NN it into the cork. turning merrily. 


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Promise Advent 


by Evelyn Blackie 
drawings by Jennetta Vise 


~ Ir you ever visit the city of The Hague, in 

SNNN シク > The Netherlands, you will probably go to 

SSS ; NA, Madurodam. Madurodam is a Dutch town 

| * in miniature with tiny houses, shops, 
schools and churches all exactly like the 
real ones, but only a few centimetres high. 
If you go there you will be able to walk 
about and look at tiny bridges over tiny 
canals and listen to organ music coming 
from a tiny church! 

If you want to look inside, you will have 
to kneel down to see properly. Perhaps you 
will feel like Gulliver in the country of 
Lilliput! 


Perhaps yo 
this song and 
Have you eve 


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ir Pack would like to learn 
Ise it for your Pack prayers. 


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nifying Peres I 
.. Estimated the"eséference between an 


acorn and a fully HOw Oak tree? 

. Filled a jam jar with Wata onémpond 
or a stream and looked to see Wrretlives 
there? | 

Do you know... 

. That the smallest British bird is the 
goldcrest and it weighs only 4 ゆめ 
grammes. 

. What job was Mrs. Small able to do 
after she had to give up packing 
matches . . . because she kept getting 
shut inside the boxes." 


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£1024 last year 
and it was. 

all so 

easy” 


SIGNALS TO OBSERVE: 


Guides, churches, playgroups, like Mrs. Corcoran, use 


Jax are of two main kinds — the auto- 
matic ones (traffic lights), and the signals 
given by policemen or crossing wardens. 

Learn the order of the changing colours 
of the traffic lights: Red — red and amber 
— green — amber. Red, of course, means 
‘stop’, but do not go forward even at green, 
unless there is room for you to clear the 
junction. Never go forward when the red 
and amber lights are showing together. At 
some junctions there is a green arrow light, 
pointing left or right (called a filter light). 
Make sure you are in the correct traffic lane 
if you want to follow this light. 

It is important, too, to know the way in 
which policemen will signal to you to stop 
or go. If the policeman is facing you, and 
wants you to stop, he will hold up his right 
arm, with the palm of his hand towards 
you. When it is safe to go, he will beckon 
you on with that same hand. 


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If he has his back to you, he will stop you, 
by holding out his left hand sideways, 
lowering it and beckoning you on with it 
when you can move. | 

When you approach him from the side, 
he will beckon you on with his right arm, 
pointing his hand over his left shoulder. All 
this may sound a bit complicated, but there 
are some very clear photographs in the 
Highway Code, showing a policeman 
giving these various signals. 

As well as watching for these official sig- 
nals remember, too, that other road-users 
will be showing you what they intend to do 
— turning left or right, slowing down, and 
so on. Be very careful, however, if some- 
one in front signals you to overtake him. 
Never just take anyone else's word about 
this. Make absolutely sure for yourself that 
itis safeto doso. It won't happen very often 
in any case, because most traffic will be 
going fáster than you, but it can happen 
with a vehicle drawing in to the side of the 
road, for instance. 


(C) THE CORRECT WAY TO TURN 
RIGHT AT CROSSROADS: _ 

More accidents to-cyclists are a result of 
being unable to turn right correctly, than of 
anything else, so it is important to know 
exactly what to do. 

Well, before you reach your turning to 
the right, look behind. Don’t attempt to 


move to the right until there is a safe 


distance between you and following traffic. 
Then make a very clear signal — right arm 
raised to shoulder level, and keep it there. 
Glance back again, and then move over to 
the centre of the road. When you reach the 
junction, slow down or stop. Look ahead, 
then right, left, right again. When it is safe 
to do so, complete your turn without cut- 
ting the corner. On wide roads, or after pas- 
sing traffic lights, you may have to wait in 
the middle of the junction to allow traffic to 
pass in front of you. Turn in sucha way that 
you finish up on the left side of the road 
into which you have turned — not in the 
middle of it. | 


NOTE: If you have passed Clause 3 and the 


National Cycling Proficiency Test you can 
have your Brownie Cyclist badge. 


THE END 


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The lady who lived next door to 
© Vanessa was very ill and had to stay 
Sn bed for quite a long time. 
© Vanessa's mother went in every day 
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Othe elderly lady. 
S ‘I wish I could help Mrs. Brown,’ 
© Vanessa said, ‘You know, mummy, 
© since I’ve joined the Brownies and 
9 made my Promise I’m supposed to 
© do a Good Turn every day. If I could 
9do something for Mrs. Brown it 
© would be a Good Turn, wouldn't it?’ 
‘It certainly would, Vanessa's 
© mother said. ‘And there is some- 
Sthing you can do. Mrs. Brown's 
© golden retriever needs a good walk 
eevery lay. He's a young dog and full 
9 of energy and needs lots of exercise’. 
& ‘Oh, l'd love to take Dasher for a 
© walk every day,’ Vanessa said. 'Isn't 
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Vanessa’s mother looked at her a. 


8 little doubtfully. 

S ‘Are you going to beable to keep it 
Sup as long as Mrs. Brown is ill?’ she 
S asked. 

9 “Or course, 

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© And so she did. Straight after 
8 breakfast every morning she took 
9 Dasher for a short walk, and then, in 
6 the afternoons she took him into a 


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took him for another short walk. Not Q 
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every day, got his dinner ready foro 
him and saw that there was alwaysQ 
water in his bowl. 

Vanessa became very fond of 8 
Dasher through looking after him9 
like that, and Dasher really lovedg 
Vanessa and rushed about as soon as 
he saw her, then rolled over with his6 
paws in the air, or chased his tail and 
generally showed how pleased he was6 
to see her. に 

Someone, Vanessa never knewg 
who, told her Brownie Guider all 
that she was doing for Dasher. © 

‘You know, Vanessa, Brown Owls 
said, ‘you should be able to pass your 
Animal Lover test for doing that. Pllg 
send you along to the Tester and SeeQ 
what she says’. © 

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indeed to hear all that Vanessa was 
doing to look after a dog for ane 
elderly lady who was sick. に 

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to look after a dog, she said, and 9 
then she asked Vanessa where sheg 
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and telephone number written neatly S 
in her Brownie diary. 

Vanessa told the tester all the9 
things you should think about before § 
you have a pet of your own. Her9 
greatest wish was that one day soong 
she would be able to have a dog ofS 
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D) being most disagreeable. 
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* dragon stories I have read, 
the dragons aren't like that 
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M fact, seem to be very cheer- 
» ful, happy creatures who 
love to be friends with 
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-『he Brownie, 20th April, 1977 


Please remember to enclose a 
completed reader's coupon with 
your contribution. 


MY DOLLS 


Some are big, some are small, 
One of them has no hair at all. 
Some are white, some are brown, 
One of them wears a lovely 
gown. 

Daisy cries, Susie laughs, 

Sindy can even have baths. 
One has straight hair, one has 
curls, 

One winds up and she does 
whirls. 

When I'm going to sleep, I put 
them all to bed, 

And cuddle up to my bear 


instead. 
MICHAELA BALL, 
Ist Alfreton Pack, 
Derbyshire. 


IDRIS, 
THE DRAGON 


Far away in the Welsh hillside, 
Idris, the dragon is trying to hide. 
His feet are cold and he likes 
them hot, 

So he pushes them deeper into 


his hot pot. 

| SUSAN McCARTHY, 
98th Bristol (St. Peter's 
| Henleaze) Pack, 


Avon. 


Before you ask a parent and Brownie Guider to sign 
the coupon you must máke quite certain you have 
not copied all or any parts of the item you send for 
publication. 


THE 
SEA DRAGON 


The sea dragon lives on an 
island, 

In the open sea, 

He spends his time coiled round 
a rock, 

Sunbathing in glee. 


One day he saw a pirate ship, 
Sailing from the mainland, 
Some men came over ina rowing 


boat, 


To bury their gold on his island. 


They dug a hole so deep and 
wide, 

And buried all their gold, 

So the dragon uncoiled himself 
from his rock, 

And came out looking bold. 
The pirates yelled and shouted 


and cried, 

They behaved like children not 
men, 

They sailed away in their rowing 
boat, 

And never came back again. 


The dragon laughed at all the 
fuss, 

He stopped looking bold, 

He uncovered the hole so deep 
and wide, 

And ate up all the gold. 


The sea dragon lives on an 
island, 

In the open sea, 

He spends his time coiled round 
a rock, 

Sunbathing in glee. 


CLARE RYLAND, 
Ist Clyne Pack, 
West Glamorgan. 


BEADY EYES 


I see a pair of beady eyes, 
A peeping out on me, 
Is it mummy? 
Is it daddy? 
Or is it brother Lee? 
It could be the dog, 
It could be the cat, 
Or is it the black bird in his jet 
black mac? 
I light my candle to have a look, 
But all I see is my bible book. 
I lie in bed and think to myself, 
It could be a pixie, or it could be 
an elf, 
I close my eyes and count some 
sheep, 
And soon I am safely fast asleep. 
SARAH DAVEY, 
Ist Rushmere Pack, 
Suffolk. 


TEETH 

Clean your teeth with a great big 
smile, 

Then they'll last a very long 
while, 

Brush your teeth every day and 
night, 

Then ウリ turn very bright. 


2r you do not brush them every 
ay 
Then they'll rapidly decay, 
After that they'll all fall out, 
Then your dentist will start to 
shout. | : 
JAYNE ROSKELL, 
2nd Mold Pack, 
Clwyd. 


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Dear Heavenly Father, 


Thank you tor our health and. 
strength. Please make us grate- 
ful for all the things we take for 
granted. Bless those who suffer 
Í from war, disease, and famine, 
B and make us tolerant of those 
from other countries and 
religions. Please bless all the 
Brownies all over the world. 
Amen. 


TONI MARSHALL, 


Matthew’s) 
Pack, 
Suffolk. 


3rd Ipswich (St. 


The Dragon who 
needed a Job 
continued from Page 12 


The witch was delighted 
that her spell had worked. 
She told Desmond that she 
just couldn’t light a fire 
properly, and the cottage 
was so chilly in the 
evenings. 

Witch Wotsit couldnt 
fly either. 


‘Broomsticks are . so 


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Reader's Coupon 


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| The Brownie, 20th April, 1977 
| ( Please print clearly and fully) 
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Thank you for the food you gave, 
Thank you for the world you 
made. 

Thank you for our parents kind, 
Thank you for the love we find. 


Thank you for the rain and sun, 
Thank you for the things you've 
done. 

Thank you for our play and fun, 
Thank God for everyone. 


Thank you for the love you gave, 
Thank you for the lives you save. 
Thank you for the ocean waves, 
Thank you for our heroes brave. 
Amen. 


CATHERINE BANNISTER, 


2nd Streetley Pack, 
West Midlands. 


Dear God, 
Help the Brownies on this day, 
Help all the Brownies in all 
helpful ways. 
Save all the Brownies in this 
world like me, 
Try and make us as good as can 
be. 

ALISON LINNEY, 
Livingston  (Dedridge) 

Pack, 

West Lothian, Scotland. 


10th 


uncomfortable to ride on,’ 
she complained, ‘And mine 
will never go the way I want 
it to — besides, people get 
frightened when they see a 
witch flying on a broom- 
stick, and I don't like 
frightening people’. 
‘Neither do I,’ agreed 
Desmond happily, ‘But I 
shall be pleased to light 
your fire every day, and to 
fly you wherever you want 


IE 


The Brownie, 20th April, 1977 


Dear Father, 

Thank you for all the good 
things we have. Thank you for 
our friends, our church, home 
and our food. Help those who 
arent so fortunate as we are. 
Help those who have no homes, 
and have to wander the streets. 
Thank you God for flowers and 
animals. Help us not to be sel- 
fish, make us work and always. 
help other people who are in 
need. Through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

SUSAN STOCKLEY, 

l4th Wigan Town (St. 
Matthew’s) Pack, 

Greater Manchester West. 


Dear Father, 

Please help all Brownies all 
over the world. Forgive us when 
we do things wrong. Thank you 
for all our friends and relations. 
Help us to love others especially 
the Brownies in other lands. 
Help us to love other people, as 
well as birds and ammals. Amen. 

HELEN MERRIN, 
5th Whitefield Pack, 
Greater Manchester North. 


to go’. 

So now Desmond has a 
most important job as 
Witch Wotsit's assistant. If 
you should ever catch a 
glimpse ofa witch riding on 
the back of a smiling green 
dragon, don't worry — it's 
only Witch Wotsit and 
Desmond flying off to do a 
good turn for one of their 
many friends. 


The End 


BIRTHDAY 
BROWNIE 


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who have a birthday this week. There is a small gift 
waiting for one of you. Just paste a completed 
Reader's Coupon onto a postcard and send it to the 
address on page 3 by next Wednesday, 27th April. 


The gift will be posted to the Brownie whose card is 
drawn first. 


| The attached contribution is the original 
| undgidid DIE EE 


| Signed: Parent and Guider ................... V e 


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I. QUAGMIRE. 2. TUMBLER 3.INTEREST 
BADGE. +. KNOT. S. ROSE OR PAISy! 
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MONTHS. 8. CooK iN OVEN. 9. A BEE 
ON THIS BADGE. JO FOUND IN THE 
MOOTH. 


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STARTING AT THE SPOT AT THE TOP OF THE CAGE 
CAN YOU FIND YOUR WAY To THE BIRD? 


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